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Incase anyone reads this here, I don't want to leave 'bad' info hanging to confuse any future readers.
There are specific steps you need to do for the driver to install, and following them (as I had) seems to be sufficient with ONE extra note:
CnQ functionality 'magically started working'...
I'm test installed WHS to this board and found it's driver support to be lacking in the win 2003 area.
In 2003, Cool N Quiet seems not to work, but there is one other AMD CPU (non- ma69 mobo) claiming they got it working in WHS.
Some of the other CPU drivers and utils either won't...
I'm curious to hear more about your chip temps (even if only perceived) of the gigabyte vs the Biostar
I just bought the MA69GM and on it's 1st build swapped out the NB heatsink for a Thermalright HR-05, which was a mistake in hindsight. It obscures access/use of both of the PCIe slots...